Description
I made this soup up when my Dad was recovering from cancer. He couldn’t chew very well but wanted taste. This is the perfect remedy for what ails ya.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon bacon grease
- 1 ½ cups roughly chopped carrots
- ½ onion, diced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped, divided
- 2 cups chicken stock, or more if needed
- 1 cup roughly chopped sweet potato
- 2 tablespoons ginger paste
- ¼ orange, juiced, or to taste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons half-and-half
Instructions
- Heat butter and bacon grease in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir carrots and onion in the melted butter-bacon grease mixture until onion is translucent
- 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add 1/2 the thyme to carrot-onion mixture; cook and stir until thyme is fragrant
- 10 to 15 seconds.
- Stir chicken stock
- sweet potato
- ginger paste
- remaining thyme
- salt
- and pepper into carrot-onion mixture. Bring to a boil
- reduce heat
- and simmer until sweet potato is soft and flavors of soup have blended
- 15 to 20 minutes. Mix orange juice
- brown sugar
- red pepper flakes
- and cinnamon into soup.
- Puree soup using a hand blender until smooth; mix in more chicken stock to reach desired consistency. Stir half-and-half into soup.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 6